Fishing-rod trimming.



No. 878,757. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

W. R. WHEELER. FISHING ROD TRIMMING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1907.

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WILLIAM R. WHEELER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

FISHING-ROD TRIMMING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed May 18, 1907. Serial No. 374,340.

To all whom it may concern: T5

BeEit known that I, WILLIAM R. WHEELER,

I a citizen of the United States, residing at of the same form oftrimming.

Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Fishing-Rod Trimming, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to the trimmings which are applied to the butt ofa fishing rod for the purpose of holding the reel.

The object of the invention is to arrange the reel holding parts of suchtrimmings so that they will take in reel bases of various sizes and holdthem positively, thatis, so that there will be no danger of the reelsbecoming loosened and detached.

Figure 1 of the accompanying illustrations shows a side view of one formof fishing rod butt trimming that embodies the invention. In this formboth of the bands are movable positively for embracing and holding thereel flanges. Fig. 2 is a diametrical section Fig. 3 shows a side viewand Fig. 4 a section of a form of trimming in which the rear band onlyis movable. Fig. 5 shows a side view and Fig. 6 a section of a form ofthe invention in which only the front band is movable.

The shell 1 of the trimming may be formed of a piece of copper, brass,aluminium or other metal tubing, any desired length. The shell may ormay not be provided with longitudinally extending ribs 2 for preventingsidewise movement of the reel flanges, and the ends may be finished withany suitable ornamentation.

Fastened in the rear end. of the shell is a disk, washer or plug 3 thathas a central perforation and extending through this perforation is aspindle 4. The outer end ofthis spindle is secured to a cap or thumbpiece 5 which may be ornamented or roughened so that it may beconveniently grasped by the;

thumb and fingers for turning the spindle.

In the first form of the invention shown, the inner section of thespindle is provided with a right and a left thread and on these threadsare nuts 6 and 7 that are threaded to correspond with the threads on thespindle. Movable on the outside near the rear end of the shell is a band8 which by screws or studs 9, that extend through slots 10, is attachedto the rear nut. Movable near the front end of the shell is a band 11attached to which are rearwardly extending arms 12 that by screws 13,which extend through slots 14, are fastened to the forward nut. The twosides of the device are duplicates.

When the cap or thumb piece is turned the threads of the spindleengaging the threads of the nuts move the nuts longitudinally of theshell, and this of course causes both of the bands to move on theoutside of the shell toward or from each other according to the way thethumb piece is turned. The cap is first turned so that the bands areseparated their furthest distance, then after areel is placed with itsflanges on the shell, the thumb piece is turned so as to cause the bandsto move toward each other and embrace the flanges and securely hold thereel in place. When the bands are moved up on the flanges there is nodanger of the reel moving for the bands can not slip back or ofl fromthe flanges, as often happens with the ordinary loose reel holdingbands.

In the second form of the invention the spindle 15, that is fastened tothe cap 16 and that extends through and is held from longitudinalmovement in the shell by means of the lug 17, has its inner threaded endextending through a nut 18. This nut is conis fixed in the usual mannerto the shell, and 4 the reel flange is first inserted under this fixedband and then the cap is turned so as to move the rear band up onto therear flange of the reel.

In the third form of the invention the rear band 23 is fastened to ormade a part of the shell and the forward band 24 is attached to arms 25that are connected by screws 26 with a nut 27 in the interior of theshell, which nut is threaded upon the threaded portion of the spindle 28that is attached to the thumb plece 29 and is held from longitudinalmovement by a washer 30 that is fastened to the shell. In this form therear flange of the reel is thrust into the rear fixed socket and thenthe thumb piece is turned so as to sult of the slipping of a band, forthe bands can not be moved Without turning the thumb pieces.

The invention claimed is 5 1. A fishing rod trimming consisting of ashell having a reel-flange socket, a band movable u on the outside ofthe shell toward and from t e socket, a nut inside of the shell,connections extending through each side of 10 the shell from the band tothe nut, a threaded spindle extending centrally through the rear end ofthe shell and engaging the nut in the interior, and a cap rotatable onthe rear end of the shell and attached to the spindle,

15 substantially as specified.

2. A fishing rod trimming consisting of a WILLIAM R. WHEELER.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. WILLIAMS, LENA O. BERRY.

